Ask the Author: John L. Leonard
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John L. Leonard
A writer is only as good as his or her editor. Get the best one you can find and afford.
Or, you can marry an editor, like I did.
Or, you can marry an editor, like I did.
John L. Leonard
Atheist's Prayer, which will the third novel in the Robert Mercer series. I'm actually to the editing stage.
After that will be yet another Mercer novel that is planned and sort of thought out in my head, and the first sequel to Secondhand Sight, another Dan Harper novel I've also been thinking about.
After that will be yet another Mercer novel that is planned and sort of thought out in my head, and the first sequel to Secondhand Sight, another Dan Harper novel I've also been thinking about.
John L. Leonard
Freedom.
I can work when I want, where I want, and for as long as I want. If I can't "see" the action in a scene I can take the dogs for a walk, clear my head and just think.
I can work when I want, where I want, and for as long as I want. If I can't "see" the action in a scene I can take the dogs for a walk, clear my head and just think.
John L. Leonard
The closest I've come to actually experiencing writer's block was in writing Premonition, my most recent novel. The problem wasn't so much that I didn't know what was supposed to happen in the plot, but that I kept losing track of where characters were because the pace was so fast and the plot had so many moving parts.
In fact, I'm still not completely sure I didn't leave a character wandering around somewhere in the woods near Amicalola Falls.
In fact, I'm still not completely sure I didn't leave a character wandering around somewhere in the woods near Amicalola Falls.
John L. Leonard
It depends on what I am writing.
I am a human sponge. I absorb experiences from the world around me, and then I let my imagination run wild. My exuberance is managed through the input of my editors, though. They won't let me get too crazy.
The inspiration to write ultimately comes from a burning desire to tell a good story that entertains the reader.
I am a human sponge. I absorb experiences from the world around me, and then I let my imagination run wild. My exuberance is managed through the input of my editors, though. They won't let me get too crazy.
The inspiration to write ultimately comes from a burning desire to tell a good story that entertains the reader.
John L. Leonard
The idea behind Premonition was to cobble together a reasonably believable plot that developed the John Sutlive character and show he was an important person in the world of Robert Mercer, and not just a plot device to make the action work in the first novel.
In doing so, I wanted to create a fast paced novel with the characters of Coastal Empire in a sequel that gave the reader an adrenaline rush, with a reading experience roughly equivalent to a roller coaster ride.
In doing so, I wanted to create a fast paced novel with the characters of Coastal Empire in a sequel that gave the reader an adrenaline rush, with a reading experience roughly equivalent to a roller coaster ride.
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